Geelani condemns arrest of TeH leader in Sopore

Srinagar, MTT News Desk: In Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK), the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has strongly condemned the arrest of Teh’s district president for Baramulla, Amir Hamza.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is also the President of Jammu & Kashmir Tahreek e Hurriyat (TeH), said that the Indian authorities were unnecessarily harassing the Hurriyat activists and not even allowing them to perform their peaceful social and political activities.

Geelani said that the Indian armed forces arrested Amir Hamza without any reason from Sopore-Bandipora road while he was returning along with his other associates after participating in a programme of TeH in Chinkipora area of Sopore.

He was asked to come out from vehicle and was whisked away to an unknown destination, Geelani added.

The APHC Chairman, while denouncing the thrashing of people by Indian armed forces at Kantbagh in Baramulla maintained that the incident confirmed that here was virtually Army rule in OSJK.

In the meanwhile, the Indian armed forces also arrested APHC Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, when he came out of his residence to offer Juma prayers. He was lodged at Humhama Police Station.